Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Birthday: 1908-04-30

Deathday: 1990-11-12

Place of birth: Mill Valley, California, USA

Also known as: Eunice Quedens

imdb_id: nm0000781

Biography:

Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens; April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. Born just north of San Francisco in Mill Valley and was interested in show business from an early age. At 16, she made her stage debut after quitting school to joined a stock company. After appearing in minor roles in two films under her real name, Eunice Quedens, she found that the stage offered her the same minor roles. By the mid 30s, one of these minor roles would attract notice as a comedy sketch in the stage play "Ziegfeld Folies". By that time, she had changed her name to Eve Arden. In 1937, she attracted some attention with a small role in Oh, Doctor (1937) which led to her being cast in a minor role in the film Stage Door (1937). By the time the film was finished, her part had expanded into the wise-cracking, fast-talking friend to the lead. She would play virtually the character for most of her career. While her sophisticated wise-cracking would never make her the lead, she would be a busy actress in dozens of movies over the next dozen years. In At the Circus (1939), she was the acrobatic Peerless Pauline opposite Groucho Marx and the Russian sharp shooter in the comedy The Doughgirls (1944). For her role as Ida in Mildred Pierce (1945), she received an Academy Award nomination. Famous for her quick ripostes, this led to work in Radio during the 40s. In 1948, CBS Radio premiered "Our Miss Brooks", which would be the perfect show for her character. As her film career began to slow, CBS would take the popular radio show to television in 1952. The television series Our Miss Brooks (1952) would run through 1956 and led to he movie Our Miss Brooks (1956). When the show ended, she tried another television series, The Eve Arden Show (1957), but it was soon canceled. In the 60s, Eve raised a family and did a few guest roles, until her come-back television series The Mothers-In-Law (1967). This show, co-starring Kaye Ballard ran for two seasons. After that, she would make more unsold pilots, a couple of television movies and a few guest shots. She returned in occasional cameo appearances including the Principal McGee in Grease (1978), and Warden June in Pandemonium (1982), showing that she still had the wise-cracks and screen presence to bring back the fond memories of Miss Connie Brooks.

Played in movies:

The Grease Story

Score: 8.4

A Very Missing Person

Score: 8.0

Anatomy of a Murder

Score: 7.9

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Score: 7.7

Mildred Pierce

Score: 7.6

Grease

Score: 7.4

Cinderella

Score: 7.1

My Reputation

Score: 7.1

The Doughgirls

Score: 7.0

San Antonio Rose

Score: 7.0

Stage Door

Score: 7.0

Dancing Lady

Score: 6.9

Alice in Wonderland

Score: 6.8

She Couldn't Say No

Score: 6.8

Women in the Wind

Score: 6.8

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Score: 6.7

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Score: 6.7

Manpower

Score: 6.7

One Touch of Venus

Score: 6.7

The Voice of the Turtle

Score: 6.6

Paid in Full

Score: 6.6

Ziegfeld Girl

Score: 6.5

A Child Is Born

Score: 6.5

That Uncertain Feeling

Score: 6.5

My Dream Is Yours

Score: 6.4

Cover Girl

Score: 6.4

She Knew All the Answers

Score: 6.3

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Score: 6.3

At the Circus

Score: 6.3

The Kid from Brooklyn

Score: 6.2

Our Miss Brooks

Score: 6.2

The Strongest Man in the World

Score: 6.1

The Unfaithful

Score: 6.1

Sing for Your Supper

Score: 6.0

All My Darling Daughters

Score: 6.0

Blow-Ups of 1946

Score: 6.0

No, No, Nanette

Score: 6.0

Last of the Duanes

Score: 6.0

The Lady Wants Mink

Score: 6.0

Tea for Two

Score: 6.0

Goodbye, My Fancy

Score: 5.9

Bedtime Story

Score: 5.9

Comrade X

Score: 5.9

We're Not Married!

Score: 5.9

Song of Scheherazade

Score: 5.8

Whistling in the Dark

Score: 5.8

Eternally Yours

Score: 5.7

Night and Day

Score: 5.7

Letter of Introduction

Score: 5.7

The Arnelo Affair

Score: 5.3

Under the Rainbow

Score: 5.2

Grease 2

Score: 5.2

Hit Parade of 1943

Score: 5.2

Earl Carroll Vanities

Score: 5.0

Obliging Young Lady

Score: 5.0

Three Husbands

Score: 5.0

Whiplash

Score: 4.9

Having Wonderful Time

Score: 4.9

Slightly Honorable

Score: 4.7

Pandemonium

Score: 4.5

Let's Face It

Score: 4.5

The Lady Takes a Sailor

Score: 4.3

Patrick the Great

Score: 4.0

Sergeant Deadhead

Score: 4.0

Pan-Americana

Score: 3.6

A Guide for the Married Woman

Score: 3.0

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

Score: 0.0

The Forgotten Woman

Score: 0.0

The Costume Designer

Score: 0.0

Big Town Czar

Score: 0.0

Oh, Doctor

Score: 0.0

Cocoanut Grove

Score: 0.0

In Name Only

Score: 0.0

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

I Love Lucy

Score: 7.9

Bewitched

Score: 7.9

Amazing Stories

Score: 7.5

Ellery Queen

Score: 7.4

The Red Skelton Show

Score: 7.4

Our Miss Brooks

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Run for Your Life

Score: 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Score: 7.2

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Score: 7.0

Vacation Playhouse

Score: 7.0

Vega$

Score: 7.0

What's My Line?

Score: 6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

Hart to Hart

Score: 6.8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Score: 6.6

My Three Sons

Score: 6.4

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

Laredo

Score: 6.3

The Love Boat

Score: 6.3

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Startime

Score: 6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Mothers-in-Law

Score: 5.8

Falcon Crest

Score: 5.5

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

The Pet Set

Score: 5.5

B. J. and the Bear

Score: 5.5

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Score: 5.4

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

Masquerade

Score: 5.0

The Dream Merchants

Score: 4.5

Flying High

Score: 4.5

The Liberace Show

Score: 0.0

The Eve Arden Show

Score: 0.0